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.TH LIBKVM 3LIB "May 22, 2003"
.SH NAME
libkvm \- Kernel Virtual Memory access library
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
cc [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lkvm\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR ... ]
#include <\fBkvm.h\fR>
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
Functions in this library provide application access to kernel symbols,
addresses and values. The individual functions are documented in Section 3KVM
of the reference manual.
.SH INTERFACES
.sp
.LP
The shared object \fBlibkvm.so.1\fR provides the public interfaces defined
below. See \fBIntro\fR(3) for additional information on shared object
interfaces.
.sp

.sp
.TS
l l
l l .
\fBkvm_close\fR	\fBkvm_getcmd\fR
\fBkvm_getproc\fR	\fBkvm_getu\fR
\fBkvm_kread\fR	\fBkvm_kwrite\fR
\fBkvm_nextproc\fR	\fBkvm_nlist\fR
\fBkvm_open\fR	\fBkvm_read\fR
\fBkvm_setproc\fR	\fBkvm_uread\fR
\fBkvm_uwrite\fR	\fBkvm_write\fR
.TE

.SH FILES
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/libkvm.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
shared object
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fB/usr/lib/64/libkvm.so.1\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 27n
64-bit shared object
.RE

.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	T{
\fBkvm_read()\fR and \fBkvm_write()\fR  are Obsolete; the remaining functions are Stable.
T}
_
MT-Level	Unsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR pvs (1),
.BR Intro (3),
.BR attributes (7)
